Bobbi Meier is a Chicago-based multimedia artist. Known primarily for her provocative, fiber-based abstract sculptures, she challenges boundaries between public and private, exploring themes of proper manners, repressed sexuality and grief. She has participated in solo and group shows in the Midwest, nationally, and internationally. Her work is in the permanent collections of the Kohler Foundation, as well as the John Michael Kohler Art Center, where she was in residence in 2019. Additional residencies include: The Ragdale Foundation, Ox-bow School of Art and Artist’s Residency, Sanskriti-Kendra Foundation in New Delhi, and a fellowship at Anderson Ranch, Colorado. In 2023 she was selected as an Artadia/Chicago finalist, and awarded an Illinois Arts Council Grant for her solo exhibition at Riverside Arts Center in Riverside, Illinois. Her sculpture, Conversation Piece (reclining), was chosen as a Manifest Gallery Grand Jury Prize Finalist for Season 16 (2019/2020). Her work has been exhibited at institutions throughout Chicago area including; the Driehaus Museum, The Franklin, Hyde Park Art Center, The Museum of Surgical Science, Lubeznik Art Center, and others. She earned both an MA in Art Education and MFA in Fiber and Material Studies from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
Headshot: Tom Van Eynde
Image: Decorum 2024 Panyhose, fiberfill, lycra, reassembled salvaged wood, imitation gold leaf. 107 x 16.5 square (base) x 35 in. Photography: Bob. (Robert Salazar and Robert Heishman)
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